References

MINDSTORMS for schools

• Robotics Academy (the Robotics Educator)
  This belongs to the National Robotics Engineering Consortium of Carnegie Mellon University. It publishes educational software and curriculum for both educators and children age 8 and above. It also offers classes to teachers, as well as children.
• Tuft's LEGO Curriculum Pages
• First LEGO League - Robolab Tutorial
• Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (S.T.O.M.P.)
  A program to train students educators in designing and implementing hands-on activities that teach engineering concepts ranging from the design process to gear ratios to digital logic. It aims to bring engineers and teachers together to pool their talents and knowledge to bring engineering and technology to the classroom.
• Lugnet Robotics Education Pages
• NASA's Robotics Education Project
  K-12 LEGO® education project, with a rich list of curriculums and publications, supported by NASA.
• Resources for Advanced Users
  This includes Software Developer Kits, different programming environments like NQC, Bricx Command Center, etc.
• Tutorials
  Robots Tips & Tricks for the Robotics Enthusiasts
• Robotics @ The Tech Museum of Innovation
  A website dedicated to Robotics knowledge by this science-centric organization.
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MINDSTORMS Projects

• MIT's Programmable Bricks - Crickets
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Related Research Groups

• Tufts U's Center For Engineering Educational Outreach - ROBOLAB
• National Instrument - ROBOLAB

MINDSTORMS Events and Contests

• The FIRST LEGO League (FLL)
and more ideas
This is the "little league" of the Robotics Competition run by the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science (FIRST).   The FLL is the result of a partnership between FIRST and the LEGO Company. FLL conducts robotics competition worldwide for children aged 9 through 14.
• The Official RoboCup
• FIRST FLL Coach Resources
• FLL Coaches' Primer
  Written by Skye Sweeney who coached a team at New Hampshire State Tournament 2003.
• FLL Mentor Checklist (2004)
  This is a rich resource page done by the official FLL Canada. Highly recommended to read for coaching.
• Programming and Design Suggestions
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LEGO MINDSTORMS products and accessories

• LEGO Dacta Educational Store
  A online store carries a rich list of science LEGO® science kits, including all components and accessories for the MINDSTORMS™, and other products focusing on scientific technology, creativity, and analytical thinking
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LEGO MINDSTORMS Inventions

• LEGO robotics inventions gallery
  Scan through some of the outstanding models chosen by the official MINDSTORMS Robotics Community
• FIRST Scooter Instructions(2001)
• FIRST Scooter w/ Light Sensor Instructions (2001)
• FIRST Scooter w/ Touch Sensor Instructions (2001)
• FIRST Scooter Rotation Sensor Instructions (2001)
• Joe's MINDSTORMS Gallery
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LEGO Robotics Software

• ROBOLAB - Education Initiatives video
• BrickOS^TM
  BrickOS is an open-source operation sytem for the LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX Controller. The software provides a C/C++ development environment for RCX programs using gcc and g++.
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LEGO MINDSTORMS Hardware / Internals

• RCX reverse engineering slides
• RCX Manual
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LEGO Robotics Discussion Groups

• Lugnet Forum
  • ROBOLAB
  • NQC
  • RCX
  • LegOS
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• Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms ~~~ by Benjamin Erwin
• Jin Sato's Lego Mindstorms: The Master's Technique ~~~~ by Jin Sato
• Robot Invasion: 7 Cool and Easy Robot Projects ~~~~ by Dave Johnson
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Differences between RCX 1.0 vs RCX 2.0

You may visit "LEGO® MINDSTORMS(tm) Internals" by Mathias Uhr to find out the differences in details. He  disassembled all versions of the RCX bricks and provided the indepth insight on their power circuits.